more-inA man pretending to be a senior executive of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards, was arrested by the police for duping numerous people with the promise of giving them houses under government schemes. According to the police, Rajkumar would approach persons from economically backward communities in Aadhaar enrolment centres and promise them that he would get Aadhaar cards done for them. “Claiming to have authority, he would threaten the victims with cases if they demanded their money back,” a senior police officer said. “During questioning, he claimed that he is the CEO for South India for UIDAI, and is a trainer for UIDAI. There is no such post as CEO of South India for UIDAI,” said an official.

Source: The Hindu September 23, 2017 17:26 UTC